Cost of Rehabilitation Treatment of Patients With Cerebral Palsy in Korea.
10.5535/arm.2018.42.5.722
- Author:
Seong Woo KIM
1
;
Ha Ra JEON
;
Taemi YOUK
;
Jiyong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Ilsan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Cerebral palsy;
Rehabilitation;
Health care costs
- MeSH:
Botulinum Toxins;
Cerebral Palsy*;
Child;
Hand;
Health Care Costs;
Humans;
Hydrotherapy;
Korea*;
Occupational Therapy;
Orthopedics;
Rehabilitation*;
Rhizotomy
- From:Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
2018;42(5):722-729
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To investigate rehabilitation treatment cost of patients with cerebral palsy (CP) according to age. METHODS: We analyzed the cost of rehabilitation treatment from 2007 to 2013 for patients diagnosed with CP by sourcing data from the National Health Information Database. RESULTS: While the number of recently born children requiring rehabilitation treatment has decreased, the number of patients requiring this treatment in other age groups has gradually increased. In addition, annual physical therapy, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, and botulinum toxin injection treatment costs per person have increased. On the other hand, the number of orthopedic surgeries and selective dorsal rhizotomy performed has decreased. CONCLUSION: This study investigated trends in the cost of treatment for patients with CP. This study can be used as a basis to provide treatment support for patients with CP.
